Well Mateys, its been short and fun, but yee big boss be comin back soon so I best be on me way. Bonus points to those who can guess who's song was used in this post's title. I'll give you a hint, he didn't write PinaColadaBerg. Thanks again to Little Miss A for giving me the keys to the ship for a few days, hopefully I didn't crash it into anything too bad, and with that I be on me merry way to Buccanear Days with a bottle of rum and more wenches!

Yo ho, yo ho, a pirate's life for me
We pillage, we plunder, we rifle and loot
Drink up me hearties, yo ho
We kidnap and ravage and don't give a hoot
Drink up me hearties, yo ho.......

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A common site on my blog are Lindsay Lohan references, today is more different, because Lindsay was golden today. First off she hired a trainer to help her gain weight....how dumb do you have to be to not know how to gain weight? Geez its called B-E-E-R! On top of that she wants to gain weight because:

"I'm working out with a trainer and eating healthily I want my boobs back."

Turns out uber-Brazillian Babe Gisele is a bit nutty too when it comes to things being clean, of course she has a lot more time on her hands to do that sort of thing than most of us. I would offer my services as house boy if she so desired, more so becuase its hard to find someone more anal retentive than myself and it would be a great personal self-esteem boost.

Of course eveyone's favorite boxer, the greatest fighter in the world Iron Mike Tyson may be doing some adult filmmaking. He does know he needs to go more than 3 rounds right?

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But it certianly helps and you'd agree wth me if you caught the 'Civil Rights' March in Atlanta over the weekend. The whole crowd was out there for it...Barbara "BA's Favorite Rep." Lee, Maxine "Over My Dead Body" Waters, Nancy "Pants" Pelosi, John Conyers, Jesse Jackson and many many more. Out there, literally and figuratively, with the Bush is a racist, Blacks who work for him are tyrants, Republicans are thieves, the GOP will go out of their way to steal elections and keep people Democrats from voting and so on and so forth. Even when there is published evidence that while both sides try election deception, its the Democrats who do it far more and far worse.

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You known nothing today strikes me as interesting, sure Peter Jennings died, but I really can't get all worked up over someone I didn't know or even watch on TV. Heck when Johnny Cash died it bothered me more because I enjoy his music and never got around to seeing him live. Now that Jennings died, he's no longer hosting a news show I never watched anyways. Still I send condolences to his family for the their loss, but thats about it.

Went to a few ballgames this weekend, you know there are a lot of people out there who just don't give a second thought to the people around them. While no seats were thrown on the field and now one was stabbed or shot like at a Los Angeles Dodgers of Chavez Ravine game, there are some people at the Los Angeles Angels game that just need to be slapped around, for their own good of course. Watch the language, even though at times I curse like a sailor, the game isn't the place for it. Then their are the people who don't stand and remove their hats for the National Anthem, how about a little respect for the country you live in? Then their are the people who feel the need to stand up and leave/return to their seats in the middle of an at bat, hey just wait a minute and do it for a break in the action. Some people just amaze me how oblivious they are to the world around them.

Oh I also hate the wave, floaters and ketchup on hot dogs.

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This post is for the men out there, for those times when the women in you life get mad because you "don't care" because you aren't listening to them:

Men who are accused of never listening by women now have an excuse -- women's voices are more difficult for men to listen to than other men's

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1 I read this story the other day and thought of it while listening to a Jack Johnson cd earlier today. Thanks for saving me the trouble of tracking it down.

Posted by: Steven at August 08, 2005 08:47 AM (6S8xe)

2 This is interesting, particularly in light of early research by NASA that suggested the most compelling voices for astronauts to hear announcements, etc. in were female voices. Beyond all the scientific fiddle-faddle, there may be (may be) a tendancy for women to be a bit more loquacious than men. This is as it should be, since we're very often the primary caregivers for young children, who need to hear a steady torrent of spoken language in order to learn to speak. Of course, as with all good things one can have too much. Sometimes my mother is talking talking talking and I'm using the blender or something and just really can't hear her very well. Then I'll often announce that I can't hear her, and if she says something important she should let me know. 'Cause a lot of it is just, well, stuff. There's sort of a wheat/chaff problem. Hypothetically, let's say a male was raised by a chatty female. Presumably, he'd either have to learn to tune her out, or become an axe murderer. Furthermore, let's suppose the man then got married. There might be an enormous temptation to tune his wife out as much as he sometimes does his mother. I'm not saying this isn't understandable, but I would caution that he should try not to get caught.

Posted by: Attila Girl at August 09, 2005 03:15 AM (RGWNz)

3 Let me say you don't have to be married to tune out the lady friend. I've tuned out many a girlfriend (99% of the time during televised sports), as a result if I don't have any idea what she said I'd divert to a standard response "I love you too." The key is fguring out the ratio of background information to important information and just tuning in to get the important parts. As far as NASA using female voices, it makes sense personally becuase if its quite then the voice starts I'll hear the words, its as the talking runs on that I begin to tune out. Of course for me its not female specfici, I can have the tv and radio on at the same time and go back and forth between listening to them, drives many a people nuts. So that answers why I'm not married pretty well....

Posted by: the Pirate at August 09, 2005 06:48 AM (SksyN)

4 I hate it when people like you turn on the TV or the radio (not music--words) and expect me to then converse with them. I always want to say, "if you wanted to talk, you wouldn't have the television on, would you?"

Posted by: Attila Girl at August 09, 2005 11:06 AM (RGWNz)

5 Oh see I shoudl clarify, if I am having a 'serious' converstion radio or tv get turned down. With the roommate (or other friends) we'll just ignore the game (or radio) and talk with pauses to watch the game, then go back to tuning it out. The worst is the girlfriends that want to talk in instances liek the bottom of the 9th with the winning run up to bad and 2 outs. it kind of applies to anyone who wants a converstion when I'm obviously paying attention to somethign else. So really the tune out applies more so when the converstion is start when I was paying attention to something else. Its also occured in other cases, like when I am working on a school assignment and the gf would want to talk on the phone..then getting in trouble for not paying attention.

Posted by: the Pirate at August 09, 2005 11:18 AM (SksyN)

6 I've learned that if I want to talk during a football game, I should wait for a commercial, or at least a point wherein the ball is not in play.

Posted by: Attila Girl at August 09, 2005 12:06 PM (RGWNz)

7 Actually, if there's a football game on, the only thing Attila the Hub really wants to hear is, "I brought you some Diet Coke." Or: "here's some chips."

Posted by: Attila Girl at August 09, 2005 04:23 PM (RGWNz)

8 Hahaha Every man's dream. Well some would substitute Beer for Diet Coke, but nevertheless the feeling is the same. :p

Posted by: the Pirate at August 09, 2005 06:08 PM (Rg0+S)

9 He's not a Neanderthal, but he does like his football.

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So I pull in to my local drugstore parking lot and get chased around by people who appear to be of hispanic origin and quite possibly wouldn't be able to produce proof of so-called "legal" residence. It was that spot on the news where the Redondo Beach Police were inforcing the law regarding soliciting work on the streets and focred to stop enforcing the law due to wild-eyed leftist activists. Of course they recieved no help from our illegal alien apologist Rep. Jane Harmon (who's office is right by the Macaroni Grill one Rosecrans, if you feel so inclinde to leave an opinon regarding her views). First off lets take the border seriously. Next I do realize we can't go rounding up 12 million people, but when we catch them say working illegally they should be deported. More so we should institute the rules the Brits did regarding immigrants:

• Deporting foreigners who foster hate, or advocate or justify violence.

•Throwing out those linked to extremist websites, groups, bookshops or centres.

• Banning foreign extremist preachers from Britain.

•Closing mosques and places of worship if used for 'fomenting extremism'.

•Outlawing worldwide the condoning or glorifying of terrorism.

• Refusing asylum to anyone linked to terrorism.

• Stripping citizenship from extremist naturalised Britons.

• Banning extremist Islamic groups Hizb ut Tahrir and Al-Muhajiroun.

An extreme Muslim cleric whose family have been living on benefits in Britain for 20 years says it would not be 'fair' to deport him...

...Since Syrian-born Bakri settled in Britain, he and his extended family have raked in benefits amounting to at least £300,000. He is registered disabled because of an injury to his leg during his childhood, and was recently supplied with a £31,000 Ford Galaxy under the Motability scheme. Bakri, who lives in a £200,000 home in North London, tops up his £250-a-week benefit payments with an extra £50 incapacity allowance. He has praised the September 11 terrorists as 'magnificent', called Israel 'a cancer' and said homosexuals should be 'thrown from Big Ben'. In January, he declared that Britain had become a 'land of war', and called on Muslims to unite behind Al Qaeda. He has supported suicide bombings and urged his followers to kill non-Muslims ' wherever, whenever'.

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1 I'm sorry; I'm just not getting an idea of how you feel about this guy. Perhaps you could clarify . . . ?

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I have come to enjoy working in Downtown LA, aside from the fact Downtown LA has the largest concetration of government buildings outside of Washington DC (many of whom are our clients). Its just a nice environment to be around during the day for work, there is always something going on and there are some fantastic places to eat (Morton's, Pacific Dining Car, Engine Co. 38, Phillipes, The Pantry.....). The building holds frequent functions for us, including friday afternoon's show by The Sevilles - Mowtown Tribue, it was fantastic. Of course you have easy access to go catch a game after work.

There are some downsides, its not quite a decent place to live yet, even less so if you have kids. Once they put the supermarket in, things will improve slightly. the biggest problem is all of the bums that wanter the streets. You can't go a block with out getting harrased, even worse as an early riser I get to work early and exprience the joy of getting to see the local bums relieve themselves, pleasure themselves and pleasure eachother....its a problem down there that needs to be taken care of rather than the current policy of making it easier for them to stay on the streets.

Lastly I am glad Hockey is back, and with Roenick on the team (known for his diarrhea of the mouth) its going to be a fun year for Kings Hockey.....well so long as they resign Ziggy.

On that note I'm off to the lab.

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Right off the bat I have to mention that Tony Blair showed off his brass balls today. He came out willing to amend their human rights laws to deport anyone who advocated hate or the murder of innocent people. Some may claim freedom of speech and condemn this 'love it or leave it' mindset, but what Blair appears to be going after is more than love it or leave it, because your ability to stay in the country only hings when you cross that region of not loving where you live and not loving it to the point you start advocating murdring other peope in the country. It really won't happen here in the States because CAIR and the ACLU would crap the biggest brick man has ever seen and tie the idea up with so many lawsuits it would choke a donkey. Speaking of kinding people out of Britian for inciting hate and those who want to kill Britons, I nominate this guy to get booted first:

the guide recommends that if lethal force is needed to stop someone who fits a certain behavioral profile, the officer should "aim for the head." The intent is to kill the suspect instantly so the person could not set off a bomb if one is strapped to the person's chest

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Ahoy Mateys!

Its the Pirate here taking up some of the posting duties while Little Miss Attila is off pillaging and enjoying the spoils of conquest over the East Coast, as part of the deal my people cut for doing this I also get rule over Taxachusetts and Vermont, which really leads me to believe I need new people working for me.

So for those who know nothing about me, I have a little background information for you to kick off this event. I was born and raised in the greatest city on the planet, Los Angeles where I have had the imense joy to experience both the public and private educational systems in the area. I have spent time working with and for the Boy Scouts and Sea Scouts of America, including 7 summers on Catalina Island. Experienced the wide world of evicting people as a law clerk and finally put my BSE degree in Civil Engineering to use (2 years after graduating) working for an Environmental Engineering Firm, not the tree hugging type because they even hate us too, where I have been gainfully employed since 2004 working on issues like water/wastewater treatment & quality, burried infrastructure assesment, land applied biosolids, groundwater quality, water resources planing, stormwater management, odor control and hazardous waste remediation. In the process of employment I have somehow managed to sucessful become a mere two semesters away from earning a MSE in Civil/Environmental Enginnering and the ultimate goal of winning back my night time and weekend freedom. On top of all that I am doing some research into the fate of nitrogen species (Ammonia, Ammonium, Nitrate, Nitrite and Organic Nitrogen) in secondary waterwater effluent used for sprinkler crop irrigation, sounds exciting doesn't it?

Feel free to ask any questions you want (I'll answer most) and we'll get this experiment started.

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